Bile is highly alkaline..Bile reflux is the opposite of acid reflux EDIT

Maybe that's why the highly acidic phosphoric acid/apple juice made a difference. Read more on Bile Reflux, and do your own internet searches concerning it. The focus almost always is on everything being due to being "too acidic", but there's alot of information from practitioners that work with candida patients, that the opposite is also true of what people think the problem is there too...it's more of a "too alkaline digestive tract", rather than a "too acidic" one.
It can be confusing, but both views need to be considered.

http://www.mandarinconsulting.com/acidrefluxblog/2009/07/acid-reflux-vs-bile-reflux/

EDIT- adding more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30brod.html?_r=1


And:
In the healthy digestive tract, there is a shift in pH levels as food goes through the system. The Pancreas regulates this change from acid to alkaline by producing both Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and buffers. In the mouth the saliva is alkaline, the stomach is a very acid environment, the small intestine alkaline and the colon is acid. When the pH of any of these areas is too acid or too alkaline food cannot be properly broken down and absorbed. Poor Pancreatic functioning due to any of the factors mentioned above can lead to insufficiencies in HCl or buffers and lead to a too acid or too alkaline pH an incomplete digestion.
http://www.digestivesplus.com/digestiveproblems.html


Slow Oxidation. Most people with candida have what is called a slow metabolism or oxidation rate. Several reasons for candida in these individuals are:

1)While their cells are more acidic, their intercellular 3) spaces can be too alkaline. Candida grows well in alkaline environments. Slow oxidizeres do not generate enough acid end products of metabolism such as lactic acid. Calcium, an alkaline-forming element, also builds up adding to the alkalinity in the spaces between the cells. Candida thrives in an alkaline environment and becomes able to invade tissues and cause serious illness.
2) Slow metabolizers are also often deficient in hydrochloric acid. Stomach acid normally kills candida. This is one reason acidophilus, an acid-forming organism, often helps alleviate candida. Acidophilus also helps acidify the colon, impeding the growth of candida in the large intestine.
3) Slow oxidizers generally have a copper imbalance.

http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/candida.htm

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